Korean-American rapper Jin Gates is claiming that JetBlue kicked him off of a flight for being "Asian with tattoos," but JetBlue said there's more to the story.In a video posted to Instagram, the rapper alleged that he was removed from a flight to Minnesota, prior to takeoff, because a flight attendant said that she didn't "feel safe on the plane" with Gates."Minnesota I'm sorry not my fault... @JetBlue DONT LIKE ASIAN WITH TATTOOS.... we got kicked off the plane because the flight attendant said she don't feel safe on the plane with us," Gates wrote in an Instagram post explaining why he missed a concert in Minnesota.In the video, a security guard can be seen escorting Gates off of the plane. Gates is verified on Instagram, and has over 260,000 followers. His music video for "My Girl" has over 1.2 million views on YouTube."As u can see even when i got kicked off i was still respectful," Gates wrote. "The main supervisor asked everyone around us if we did something wrong or if they heard me being disrespectful all the passengers said i did nothing wrong!!!!"In a statement to SFGATE, JetBlue stated that Gates was removed from the plane after starting a verbal altercation with a crew member."The decision to remove a customer from a flight is not taken lightly," JetBlue said. "In this instance, after the customer started a verbal altercation with our crew member, our team determined the situation risked escalation during flight. The team asked the customers to deplane and their fare was refunded."A number of Instagram users left comments on Gates' post and questioned if there was more to the story than the rapper revealed."He must have said or done something to trigger a flight attendant to question if it would be safe to keep Him in the flight or not," one user wrote."If she kicked him off due to his race and tattoos, no it isn't right," wrote another user. "Just seems like there is more to this story and I'm so tired of everyone thinking they're entitled to everything and filming everything."

Korean-American rapper Jin Gates is claiming that JetBlue kicked him off of a flight for being "Asian with tattoos," but JetBlue said there's more to the story.

In a video posted to Instagram, the rapper alleged that he was removed from a flight to Minnesota, prior to takeoff, because a flight attendant said that she didn't "feel safe on the plane" with Gates.

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"Minnesota I'm sorry not my fault... @JetBlue DONT LIKE ASIAN WITH TATTOOS.... we got kicked off the plane because the flight attendant said she don't feel safe on the plane with us," Gates wrote in an Instagram post explaining why he missed a concert in Minnesota.

In the video, a security guard can be seen escorting Gates off of the plane. Gates is verified on Instagram, and has over 260,000 followers. His music video for "My Girl" has over 1.2 million views on YouTube.

"As u can see even when i got kicked off i was still respectful," Gates wrote. "The main supervisor asked everyone around us if we did something wrong or if they heard me being disrespectful all the passengers said i did nothing wrong!!!!"

In a statement to SFGATE, JetBlue stated that Gates was removed from the plane after starting a verbal altercation with a crew member.

"The decision to remove a customer from a flight is not taken lightly," JetBlue said. "In this instance, after the customer started a verbal altercation with our crew member, our team determined the situation risked escalation during flight. The team asked the customers to deplane and their fare was refunded."

A number of Instagram users left comments on Gates' post and questioned if there was more to the story than the rapper revealed.

"He must have said or done something to trigger a flight attendant to question if it would be safe to keep Him in the flight or not," one user wrote.

"If she kicked him off due to his race and tattoos, no it isn't right," wrote another user. "Just seems like there is more to this story and I'm so tired of everyone thinking they're entitled to everything and filming everything."